The Legend of Lylah Clare
Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend.
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Associates & Aldrich Company
A psychologically complex Hollywood thriller about identity, obsession, and the blurred line between performance and reality, centered on a manipulative director and an actress drawn into a dangerous role.
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Essence
Ensemble
Kim Novak
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Peter Finch
Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Sheean
Milton Selzer
Bart Langner
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Gabriele Tinti
Paolo
Valentina Cortese
Countess Bozo Bedoni
Jean Carroll
Becky Langner
Michael Murphy
Mark Peter Sheean
Coral Browne
Molly Luther
Lee Meriwether
Young Girl
Robert Ellenstein
Mike
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